Firefox Hits the 50 Million Download Mark.
Having only begun distributing the superior Firefox browser since November of last year, the fact that in a few months it has been downloaded by such a wide audience is simply uncanny. It's success can be largly attributed to two factors:
1) The almost fanatical devotion to the unique browser by everyone who has had the chance to use it, thus adding great credibility to the oldest of advertising strategies, word-of-mouth.
2) It doesn't suck from the porta-potty trough like Microsoft's incredibly awful, horrendous, and inherently flawed browser, the so-called "Internet Explorer."
In fact, many top notch security firms, including the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (created to protect the nation's Internet infrastructure), or US-CERT, have recommended against using IE due to the numerous and signifigant security holes within the system.
Of the total web browser market, FireFox has taken 8.69%, but there are some signs of a slow down. Not to mention that some critical flaws have been found. These facts, in conjunction with the new IE 7.0 coming out this summer, could stifle Firefox's tremendous rise. However, Austinist will be viewing our personal Internet voyage using the eyes of a this particular funky orange fox.
